M5761
£8,500
Description
A Chinese porcelain blue and white vase of double gourd form, painted on the body with blossoming prunus on a cracked-ice ground with “blobby dots” on the rim, the underside with a leaf mark within a double ring.
7 ½ inches, 19.1 cm high.
Early Kangxi, circa 1680.
Condition
Excellent condition.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Sold by Sotheby’s London, 18th June 1998, lot 1878.
- Purchased by Spink & Son Ltd.
- From the collection of Lip Keong Tai.
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